CJS 250 Week 1 Checkpoint Historical Laws and Security

CJS 250 Week 1 Checkpoint Historical Laws and Security

Write a brief description in your own words of the following laws, including where and when each law originated:

The Code of Hammurabi
Draco’s law
Law of the Twelve Tables
Justinian Code
Magna Carta
Statute of Westminster

Answer the following questions:

How have these laws led to the historical development of security forces, both private and public?
Why do you think the need for both private and public security still exists?

Sample Answer 

The Code of Hammurabi was established in 1750 B.C. by Babylonian King Hammurabi. It contained 282 clauses that regulated a variety of obligations, professions, and rights, including clauses pertaining to commerce, slavery, theft, and debts. The punishment for violating any of the clauses, were at the very least, barbaric when compared to the punishment given today for the same crime. Draco’s Law was written in 621 B.C and is named after the Greek citizen who wrote the code of law for Athens. The laws were the first laws written for Greece (Clifford, 2004). It is important to recognize these laws because they were the first ones to introduce the notion that the state, not private citizens should be responsible for punishing a person accused of committing a crime. The Law of the Twelve Tables was written in Rome in 450…………………………………………..